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A couple of other important information pages, especially when starting out, are [[Order of Events]] and [[Known Bugs]].
 
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Intended as a supplement to the guides it addresses questions that a person who is familiar with the basics of the game might find themselves asking. Presented in FAQ style, it is still exactly that - an FAQ for Stars!.
 
Intended as a supplement to the guides it addresses questions that a person who is familiar with the basics of the game might find themselves asking. Presented in FAQ style, it is still exactly that - an FAQ for Stars!.
 
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==Search==
 
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*Search Stars!wiki {{#shtml:Stars!wiki search form}}
 
*Search Stars!wiki {{#shtml:Stars!wiki search form}}
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*Search [[Home World Forum]] {{#shtml:HWF search form}}
 
*Search [[Home World Forum]] {{#shtml:HWF search form}}
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*Search [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.stars/topics rec.games.comp.stars at Google Groups] {{#shtml:RGCS search form}}
 
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==[[Community|Playing with others]]==
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* [http://www.starsautohost.org/sahforum/ Home World Forum] ([[Home World Forum|about]])
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* [[IRC|##Stars! on freenode chat]] ([[Stars IRC|about]])
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;Mixing it up
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*[[Dueling Club]]
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* [http://www.starsautohost.org/sahforum/ Ask at Home World Forum]
 
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Revision as of 18:56, 15 May 2011

This page is a work in progress. If you wish contribute see the work page to what we're up to.

So you want to learn how to play Stars!...

First, play the Stars! Tutorial. It is the best way to learn the Stars! interface and the mechanics of playing Stars!.


Stand on the shoulders of giants...

Official Stars! Strategy Guide

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The wikified Stars! Strategy Guide is a work in progress that aims to update and expand the Official Stars! Strategy Guide released in 1999.

Approved for accuracy by the authors of Stars!, the original was authored by members of the Stars! players community, specifically, long time players who'd published and advised prolifically over the years and wanted to share their experiences and strategies with other players.

Article Library

Article Library.jpg
The Article Library contains hundreds of articles collected from newsgroups, forums, emails and websites around the internet. See also:

If you are confused by cryptic abbreviations, you can find definitions for them at the abbreviations page. Other cryptic terms are explained in the glossary.

A couple of other important information pages, especially when starting out, are Order of Events and Known Bugs.

Other stuff...
Race Design Bullet.png Ship Design Bullet.png Micro-management Bullet.png Testbedding


Still have questions?

Stars! Player's Guide

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The Stars! Player's Guide is a wikified, updated and corrected version of the help file (also a work in progress) including:

Stars! FAQ

Stars! FAQ
Stars! FAQ is the updated and expanded legacy of the Stars! FAQ website - a single web resource that contained and collated all the known technical information about Stars!.

Intended as a supplement to the guides it addresses questions that a person who is familiar with the basics of the game might find themselves asking. Presented in FAQ style, it is still exactly that - an FAQ for Stars!.

Search

Search for answers...
  • Search Stars!wiki {{#shtml:Stars!wiki search form}}

Playing with others

Finding other players
Mixing it up


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